Julia Blake

Julia Blake is an English–born actress, notable for numerous film and TV roles, particularly in Australia. She also acted in the theatre.

Julia Blake
Born	Bristol, England
Other names	Julie Blake
Education	Bristol University
Occupation	Actress
Years active	c. 1950s-present
Spouse	Terry Norris ​ ​ (m. 1962; died 2023)​
Children	2

Early life and education

Julia Blake was born in Bristol, England.^{[citation needed]}

She attended Bristol University. While working in theatre in Yorkshire she met the Australia-born actor, later politician, Terry Norris.^{[citation needed]}

Film and television

Blake married Norris in 1962 and they emigrated to Australia, where she carved out her career.^{[citation needed]}

On the small screen she is known for her role as Nancy McCormick on the TV series Prisoner (known internationally as Prisoner Cell Block H), for which she appeared during the final season in 1986. She had previously appeared in two smaller roles earlier, as Evelyn Randall and Alice Dodds.^[1]

In 2018, she and Norris jointly received the Equity Lifetime Achievement Award.^[2]

Honours and awards

Association	Year	Award	Work	Results
Penguin Awards	1986	Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in a One-off Drama	The Dunera Boys	Won
AFI Awards	1987	AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role	Travelling North	Nominated
AACTA Awards	1989	AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama	Edens Lost	Won
AACTA Awards	1990	AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Father	Won
AFI Awards	2000	AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role	Innocence	Nominated
AFI Awards	2010	AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role	The Boys are Back	Nominated
Equity Ensemble Awards	2018	Equity Lifetime Achievement Award		Honoured

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Type
1973	Salome		Film short
1977	The Getting of Wisdom	Isabella Shepherd	Feature film
1978	Patrick	Matron Cassidy	Feature film
1978	The Forbidden		Film short
1979	Snapshot aka 'One More Minute'	Mrs. Bailey	Feature film
1982	Lonely Hearts	Pamela	Feature film
1983	Man of Flowers	Art Teacher	Feature film
1984	My First Wife	Kirstin	Feature film
1985	An Indecent Obsession	Matron	Feature film
1986	Cactus	Club Speaker	Feature film
1987	Travelling North	Frances	Feature film
1988	Georgia	Elizabeth	Feature film
1990	Father	Iya Zetnick	Feature film
1995	Mushrooms	Flo	Feature film
1996	Hotel de Love	Edith Dunne	Feature film
1999	Passion	Queen Alexandra	Feature film
2000	Innocence	Claire	Feature film
2003	The Forest	Margot	Film short
2004	Human Touch	Anna's Mother	Feature film
2005	Three Dollars	Tanya's Mother	Feature film
2006	Aquamarine	Grandma Maggie Brown	Feature film
2006	The Barrows	Bonnie	Film short
2009	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Heather Hudson	Feature film
2009	The Boys Are Back	Barbara	Feature film
2010	Matching Jack	Cleo	Feature film
2010	Don't Be Afraid of the Dark	Mrs. Underhill	Feature film
2012	Last Dance	Ulah Lippmann	Feature film
2015	Is This the Real World	Gamma	Feature film
2015	Looking for Grace	Nell Norris	Feature film
2015	A Month of Sundays	Sarah	Feature film
2015	The Dressmaker	Irma Almanac	Feature film
2017	Dance Academy: The Movie	Juliet Jones	Feature film
2020	The Dry	Barb Hadler	Feature film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Type
1963; 1964	Consider Your Verdict	Guest roles	TV series
1963	The Hot Potato Boys	Hong Kong Anna	Teleplay
1964	Nude With Violin	Pamela	TV film
1964	TheSponge Room	Hilary	Teleplay
1965	The Face at the Clubhouse Door		Teleplay
1969–75	Division 4	Stella Palmer	TV series, episode: "Farewell Little Chicago"
		Mother	Episode: "The Grasshoppers"
		Kerri	Episode: "Rules of the Game"
		Det. Sgt. Joan Palmer	2 episodes: "Cleanliness is Next to Godliness", "The Vickers Way"
		Beverly Lang	Episode: "Unfit to Plead"
1972–75	Bellbird	Elaine Thomas	TV series, 677 episodes
1973–75	Matlock Police	Jean Williams	TV series, episode: "Help"
		April Simpson	Episode: "Forget Me Not"
1975	Homicide	Juliet	TV series, episode: "Speaking Ill of the Dead"
1977	Moynihan	Tanya Shaw	TV series, 2 episodes
1978	Against the Wind	Cook	TV miniseries, 5 episodes
1978-81	Cop Shop	Catherine Maynard / Elaine Davis / Jessie Benson / Laura Hewitt / Mrs. Parker	TV series, 8 episodes
1979	Twenty Good Years	Eva Goldman	TV series, 20 episodes
1980	The Last Outlaw	Mrs. Scott	TV miniseries, 4 episodes
1980	Locusts and Wild Honey	Dr. Fletcher	TV series, 3 episodes
1981	Holiday Island	Mrs. Simpson	TV series, episode: "Zack"
1981–86	Prisoner	Evelyn Randall	TV series, season 3, 70 episodes (guest, 5 episodes)
		Alice Dodds	Season 5, 4 episodes
		Nancy McCormack	Season 8, 61 episodes
1982	Women of the Sun	Mrs. McPhee	TV miniseries, episode 2: "Maydina, the Shadow"
1983	Under Capricorn	Milly	TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1983	Carson's Law	Miss Beasley / Miss Hilda Deniston	TV series, 4 episodes: "Best Laid Plans"
1985	The Dunera Boys	Mum	TV miniseries, 2 episodes: "1.1", "1.2"
1985	Zoo Family	Mrs. Watson	TV series, 1 episode
1985	Winners: The Paper Boy	Reformed Sinner	TV film series, 1 episode
1986	Sword of Honour	Jean Rogers	TV miniseries, 4 episodes
1989	The Magistrate (aka Il Magistrato)	Jean Shaw	TV miniseries, 6 episodes
1989	Edens Lost	Eve	TV miniseries, 4 episodes
1996	The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years	Fee Cleary	TV film
1998	A Difficult Woman	Mrs. McKenzie	TV miniseries, 4 episodes
1998	Clive Barker's Salome & The Forbidden		Video
1998	Driven Crazy	Miss Baker	TV series, episode: "Barely There"
1999	SeaChange	Tenzin Jetsunma	TV series, episode: "Manna from Heaven"
2001	Blue Heelers	Dorothy Roberts	TV series, episode: "Strays"
2004	All Saints	Evelyn Ulrich	TV series, episode: "A Place in the Heart"
2004	Salem's Lot	Eva Prunier	TV miniseries, 2 episodes: "1.1", "1.2"
2006	The Society Murders	Margaret Wales-King	TV film
2007	The Starter Wife	Mrs. Caldecott	TV miniseries, 3 episodes
2007	City Homicide	Hilda Conway	TV series, episode: "The Return"
2008–11	Bed of Roses	Minna Franklin	TV series, 26 episodes
2010	Hawke	Ellie Hawke	TV film
2011	Winners & Losers	Gwen Armstrong	TV series, episode: "Happiness is a Delusion"
2012	Conspiracy 365	Melba Snipe	TV series, episode: "April"
2013	Mr & Mrs Murder	Allegra Scaletta	TV series, episode: "The Next Best Man"
2013	Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries	Hilly McNaster	TV series, episode: "Dead Man's Chest"
2015	House Husbands	Edith Benson	TV series, episode: "4.8"

TV appearances as self

Year	Title	Role	Type
1980	Celebrity Tattletales	Herself (with Terry Norris)	TV series, 3 episodes
1986	Travelling North: Original Cast Screen Tests	Herself	Video
1989	The 1989 AFI Awards	Best Actress Winner Edens Lost	TV special
1990	The 1990 AFI Awards	Best Actress Winner Father	TV special
1995	Good Morning Australia	Guest (with Simon Chilvers)	TV series, 1 episode
1998; 2000	Good Morning Australia	Guest (with Terry Norris)	TV series, 2,episodes
2001	Innocence: Interview with Julia Blake	Herself	Video
2004	From Stage to Screen: Travelling North	Herself / Frances	Video
2008	Talking Heads	Herself (with Terry Norris)	TV series, 1 episode
2013	The Making of 'Last Dance'	Herself	Video
2016	A Sunday too Far	Herself	Video